1 Samuel 13:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 13:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 13:21 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goad..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 13:21 — KJV
“Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. a file: Heb. a file with mouths, or Heb. a pim, a third of a shekel sharpen: Heb. set”
— 1 Samuel 13:21 (KJV)
1 Samuel 13:21 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 13:21
“Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. heretofore: Heb. since yesterday, and the third day”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 13:21: yet, heb, third
“And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand Beware...: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 13:21: yet, heb, shekel
“For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? dead...: Heb. men of death”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 13:21: yet, heb, set
“For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. to repair: Heb. to set up”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 13:21: yet, heb, set
“He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 13:21: yet, heb, set
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